Man Goes To Prison For Having Child Porn In His Cellphone

A man who had more than 600 pictures of child pornography in his cellphone was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday in Superior Court.

The prison term for Luis Antonio Ayala, 43, is to be followed by seven years of special parole. With special parole, any convict found to be in violation of the terms of his parole would immediately be returned to prison.

Ayala had previously pleaded guilty to first-degree illegal possession of child pornography. Troopers from the Troop H barracks of the state police arrested him on June 15, 2011.

There were more than 1,000 images in Ayala's phone, and about 660 clearly depicted children, prosecutor John Fahey said.

"His main attraction is children who are between the ages of 14 and 16," Fahey told the court.

The children in the pictures were as young as age 5, Judge Joan Alexander later said.